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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is demanding President Donald Trump and his senior officials “justify” the U.S. military’s recent strikes in Iran.
“We’ve seen no evidence to date that an offensive strike of this nature was justified under the War Powers Act or the Constitution,” Jeffries said.
“But the whole reason for the Trump administration to undertake that process is to come up to Capitol Hill and convince the American people and their elected representatives in the House and in the Senate. That hasn’t happened.”
Trump officials have maintained that the strike was in compliance with the War Powers Act, which requires the White House to notify Congress within 48 hours of a military action and blocks that operation from continuing for more than 60 days without approval from lawmakers.
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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries criticized President Trump’s strikes on Iran. (Getty Images)
Jeffries claimed he had not seen “a scintilla of evidence to date” that shows “there was an imminent threat to the United States of America.”
“If the administration has evidence to the contrary, come up to present it. We’re not hard to find. I’m not hiding,” he said.
The House Democratic leader said he requested a briefing Tuesday for the Gang of Eight, the informal name for the top party and intelligence leaders in Congress.
Trump green-lit airstrikes on three of Tehran’s major nuclear sites over the weekend. The president said on Truth Social Monday that the areas hit were “completely destroyed.”
The move has sharply divided Democrats, with some pro-Israel moderates backing Trump’s move — while several progressives like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., have called for the president’s impeachment over the operation.
Dozens of left-wing lawmakers have gotten behind a bipartisan war powers resolution by Reps. Thomas Massie, R-Ky.,…
